I would like very much to by lying down in my bed at home, since my intestines are rebelling at me. I am at work, of course, and when I get to leave (36 minutes!) I will have to deal with the children.

Don't tempt me to tranq them. It probably wouldn't work anyway.

Some time in between, I kind of want to go see Rachel Getting Married, but I'm also kind of afraid of my reaction to films about dysfunctional families. I need to get more friends so that I don't have to watch movies alone.

Why, yes Tom, I'd LOVE to go to a movie!

I was also mocked by a friend this morning for wearing my favorite flannel shirt--

a) it was 59 degrees when I took the kids to school and

b) it's my "comfort shirt." Dress Black Watch plaid that I've had for... ten years, at least. It's as soft as a baby's butt and I wear it when I'm deep into writing.

I can't believe she mocked me.

That's just because neither a) nor b) kept you from looking like Kurt Cobain while being in Florida.

By reputation, sure. Special K!

See, none of the meatspace (oops, typed RL) people I've told that I am supposed to be treated with ketamine have any idea what it is, and looked at me funny when I was surprised.

Don't they watch crime shows? That's why I knew Jesse would know, for sure.

Don't they watch crime shows? That's why I knew Jesse would know, for sure.

I actually know because I have some friends who do/have done a lot of drugs. (Actually, it's funny: I know a couple who actually met online, on a clubbing/drugs board. It takes all kinds...)

That's just because neither a) nor b) kept you from looking like Kurt Cobain.

::headdesk::

Jesse, were you the one looking for black linen capris? Because Orvis has these in their tent sale, but they're cargo, so I dunno if that's what you were looking for.

Allyson, youcandooeet! Also, did you want to email me the whole shebang so far for my bat-obsessed student? I'll see her this weekend for the first time since she brought her stuffed bat in to guitar lessons. Profile addy is good if you wanna.

"Horse tranquilizers!" "No, not horse tranquilizers!"

Huh, I am two degrees from Linus Pauling.

ETA: through Bill Castle, a close friend of my grandparents, with whom I went sailing as a child: [link]

I know what ketamine is from the CSI ep with Clea Duvall as the lone survivor of a cult mass suicide.

I had no idea Chicago was so flat!

We're flatter than flat here! When growing up in Joliet, there were only a few hills to worry about, and they all led up from rivers/canals to the normal street level (and were a bitch to march on while wearing band uniforms or drive up in an overloaded car with little pick-up).

oh, NYistas, given the retirement news this week, I saw Steve Dunleavy in the lobby at work last week, old old looking, he was retrieving a briefcase at his feet with a cane. Couldn't place him until I saw the news today.